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So hubby went to the local pool company today and our water has iron in it. Softener must have been overtaxed when filling and didn't regenerate fast enough for the load. He bought some stuff that takes the iron out and a couple better filters to swap out and rinse off and the pool looks 50%...

Funny thing, it's not hazy or cloudy really, but clear green. I have a 4-way test that will test up to 10 FC, 8.4 pH, 240 TA and 1000 CA. My current readings are FC=5 pH=6.8 (expected with what I added today, right?) TA=160 (came down, but do I need it to come down more?) CH=somewhere between...

Sorry, another question: We did all you suggested. How long before we will see a difference? Should we keep running our filter and SWG?

Thank you so much! Hubby is on it right now! Much appreciated.

Yes, we added the salt last night about 6 pm. Now should we add the bleach according to the pool math and the CYA? Which one first?

Thank you for the info!

I made a separate thread for my question and posted test results. What we now realize is that the frost free spigot outside by the chicken coop is probably coming from that pond OR we reached the bottom of the well, which I don't understand how that would happen, but that water out of that...

New Intex Easy Set pool in direct sunlight, although been cloudy the past two days and raining overnight and today. Just filled in the past two days from spigot from house that has a water softener system. Using saltwater pump and standard pool filter that came with the pool. Today is 3rd day...

Hi. I'm new to the forum and a new pool owner. We have never owned a pool before. We got a 12 x 20 Intex Easy set pool. We are almost done filling it. Started filling it last night then turned the water off and are finishing the fill now. It looks disgusting so I will be posting a question...